Georges Leygues

Georges Leygues
Prime Minister of France
In office
24 September 1920 – 16 January 1921
PresidentAlexandre Millerand
Preceded byAlexandre Millerand
Succeeded byAristide Briand
Personal details
Born29 October 1856
Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Died2 September 1933(1933-09-02) (aged 76)
Saint-Cloud
Political partyDemocratic Republican Alliance

Georges Leygues (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ lɛjɡ]; 29 October 1856[1] – 2 September 1933) was a French politician of the Third Republic. During his time as Minister of Marine he worked with the navy's chief of staff Henri Salaun in unsuccessful attempts to gain naval re-armament priority for government funding over army rearmament such as the Maginot Line.

  1. ^ National Assembly, France. "Jean, Claude, Georges Leygues". Official website of the French National Assembly.